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MOD file DEFE 24/2032/1

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This Ministry of Defence file, released through The National Archives and published by The Black Vault, holds the MOD's 2002 handling of Dr David Clarke's requests for UFO documents under the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. It includes the MOD's 9 December 2002 reply, which covered reports from 1976, 1980, 1993 and 1996 and charged £260. It also contains internal emails and file requisitions, plus Foreign Office and United Nations papers from 1978 on Grenada's proposal for UFO research.

  • p. 74 …a.t the United Nations Orgal1i- sation. You will recall from the press reports that a…
  • p. 82 …24th N?vanj~r 19?7~ Recent itams in the press have indicated thnt the United…
  • p. 92 …R~cent itams in the press have indicated that the Unite~ Nations ·i.S to start…
  • p. 99 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigatibns into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 100 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 144 …any implications for the defence of the United Kingdom. lnvestigations into any scientific significance of phenomena…
  • p. 145 …When I was recently in the United States I was struck by the very high esteem…
  • p. 453 …FCO (8 Dec 1977) about press reports that the United Nations were to start an official…
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A~ UKMIS NEW YORK 060229Z DEC 78
TO PR lOR ITY FCO ...
TELEGRAr4 NUt~BER 2732 OF 5 DECEMBER
YOUR TELNOS 1537 AND 1539, MY TELNO 2698 AND MISS HARDEN'S
LETTER OF 4 DECEMBER TO MRS WISEMAN UN DEPARTMENT: UNIDENTIFIED
FLYING OBJECTS
1. THE AUSTRIANS HAVE INFORMED US THAT THE GRENADANS AND THE ~USSIANS
NOv/ ALSO HAVE AUTHORITY TO ACCEPT THE CONSENSUS TEXT (\·lli I'CH IS
REPEATED IN MIFT IN CASE YOU STILL HAVE NOT RECEIVED LETTER UNDER
REFERENCE). ·THE Ar4ER I CANS DO NOT EXPECT FURTHER INSTRUCT lOt:!$
FROM WASHINGTON AND ALSO INTEND TO·~O ALONG WITH THE CONSENSUS.
WE PPOPOSE TO DO· LIKEWISE. THE ISSUE IS DUE TO BE DECIDED IN THE
SPECIAL POLITI CAL COMMITTEE ON 8 DECEMBER.
~ ALTHOUGH THIS TEXT IS NOT IDEAL, ll HAS NO FINANCIAL OR
f-11\NPO\-JER IMPLICATIONS FOR THE UN, DOES tlOT COMr-1JT THE UN TO ANY
· SPfCIFIC ACTION ON UFO'S AND PRECLUDES THE INSCRIPTJOr OF A
SETARATE UFO ITEM ON NEXT YEAR'S AGENDA (THE SUBJECT ·.tGULD BE·
su:.:surJO ·REAL
PR0SPECT OF NEGOTIATING FURTHER AMENDMENTS.
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